• Dwight played AAU ball for Karl McCray’s Atlanta Celtics. Other Celtic alum include Dion Glover, Jumaine Jones, Jamison Brewer and Donnell Harvey and Jabari Smith.
• Dwight was the first player in history to jump to the league from high school and start all 82 games.
• On November 1, 2004, Dwight became the youngest player in NBA history to pull down 20 rebounds in a game (against the Toronto Raptors).
• Dwight and Emeka Okafor were the first rookies to average a double-double since Shaquille O’Neal and Alonzo Mourning in 1992-93.
• Dwight was named to the NBA’s All-Rookie First team in 2005.
• Dwight scored 14 points in the 2005 NBA Rookie Challenge on All-Star Weekend in Milwaukee. After his first basket, the PA announcer called him Juwan Howard.
• Dwight was the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for April 2006.
• In 2005-06, Dwight became the youngest player in NBA history to lead the league in rebounds. The former record holder was Dolph Scahyes, who was 22 when he led the league in 1950-51.
• Dwight tied Shawn Marion for second in the NBA with 60 double-doubles in 2005-06.
• Dwight’s uncle, Paul Howard, was the georgia District Attorney who prosecuted the Ray Lewis case.
• Dwight is deeply religious. He thinks the NBA logo would look better with a cross.
• Dwight’s favorite singer is Alicia Keys.
• Dwight likes to wander around Orlando on his off days. His teammates have nicknamed him “Citywalk.”
• Dwight is a professional wrestling fan.
• In May of 2006, Dwight received a proclamation from Georgia governor Sonny Perdue for his outstanding community work in his home state.
• After the 2005-06 season, Dwight traveled to China with T.J. Ford and K.C. Jones. He helped work with Pacific Rim basketball prospects in an Adidas camp. Dwight will return to China in 2008 as a member of the U.S. Olympic team.

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